About the Author

Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when in 1927 she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller. She went on to publish sixteen novels in the popular series.

Reviews

Roche's use of metaphor would be helpful to students to understand how language and environment can be used to mirror both characters' lives and story developments. -- CM Magazine, 20120330